Still looking for the Perfect Christmas Gift? How about an Abortion?!

Indianapolis, Dec 2, 2008 / 04:23 am (CNA).- The Indiana affiliate of Planned Parenthood is offering gift certificates for birth control and other services, including abortion. While an announcement of the program encourages customers to purchase the certificates to “give the gift of health this holiday season,” one critic characterized the effort as “lethal.”
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The Catholic Capitulation: Blame the Leadership, Part II

At the heart of Catholic culture must be the parish. Here, members of the faithful, ideally, undergo instruction (The family, of course, ought to supplement this!), either, when possible, through the Catholic schools or, otherwise, through CCD programs. The should share in worship, in celebration, and in community. They should also be inspired — in [...]

Wherein I actually discuss abortion

In the past, I have referred to abortion with respect to election politics, but, rather strangely, never have attempted to discuss this atrocity otherwise. In the wake of an election wherein a vehemently pro-abortion candidate defeated a tepidly anti-abortion Republican — and won the majority of Catholics’ votes — and John’s post, which elicited sixty-plus [...]

I seem to have misspoken!

Fortunately, Timothy Egan, of the venerable New York Times, has set me straight. Governor Palin is “[m]litantly anti-choice”.

Wake up America: Another reason not to vote for Barack Obama

From the 31 July 2008 Washington Times:
Legislation that would make it more difficult for workers to hold a private ballot vote in unionization drives, which critics say would lead to harassment and intimidation, has spurred a pitched battle between powerful labor unions supportive of Sen. Barack Obama and big business in the presidential campaign.
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The Democrats’ schizophrenia on abortion

Steve Waldman posts the draft for the 2008 platform plank on in utero infanticide and then comments on it.
It’s interesting — and a bit confounding: On the one hand, as Waldman acknowledges, pro-lifers within the party’s ranks had more of a chance than ever in recent years to participate in the drafting of the plank; [...]

He might actually be pro-abortion

(I realize that I’m late in commenting on this; oh well.) I’m no fan of mis-leading abortion war language such as “anti-choice” or “pro-abortion” (or “pro-life” when used by anti-abortion types who have no problem with endless war or capital punishment). However, I can’t help thinking that anyone who, sucking up to the abortion industry, [...]